Jens Kloppmann is a visual artist born in Witten in 1969, who studied at Bauhaus University Weimar and the Kassel School of Art, and currently lives and works in Berlin. He is a multi-disciplinary artist who works across different media, always raising questions about historical memory, architecture, and social structures.

His latest practice, “The Real Estate Department,” is a sculptural investigation into post-war modernism and urban spaces. From his recent methodology—casting 1960s model railway houses in epoxy resin and preserving them in a manner similar to insects in scientific collections—the artist tries to bring the aesthetics of architectural models and real estate sales displays back to our reality. Stripped of streets, squares, or public open spaces, the modular arrangements are presented on individual pedestals. He describes his work as a variable installation that can be reconfigured depending on the spatial context, drawing attention to the artificial preservation of domestic typologies. His work is rooted in a critical engagement with monuments and collective narratives, merging conceptual object-making within the form of spatial and architectural inquiry.

Kloppmann is a member of the Association of Berlin Artists (VBK) and boasts an extensive exhibition history. He has been invited to solo and group exhibitions at prominent venues, including the Michaela Helfrich Gallery and the ARD Capital Studio in Berlin, the Museum Fridericianum in Kassel, as well as international institutions in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, the UK, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan.

Education & Training

2013–2016

Curation of literature exhibitions and concert projects (including Literaturhaus Berlin/Munich, Fondation Beyeler

1994–1998

Studies in Fine Arts (Diploma), Bauhaus University Weimar and Kassel School of Art

Exhibition & Projects (Selection)

2024

Afterimages, Michaela Helfrich Gallery, Berlin (Solo exhibition)

2023

Humorriots, project space Galerie M., Berlin, Germany
Future Workshop, Kunstquartier Osnabrück, Germany
Openness, Galerie Association of Berlin Artists, Berlin, Germanyn

2021

Cabinet Pieces, Michaela Helfrich Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Solo exhibition)
Direct Auction, Slot Michaela Helfrich Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2020

Every Jack has his Jill, Michaela Helfrich Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Possible Projects, Raum für Kunst Halle e.V., Halle, Germany

2018

morphed monuments, Michaela Helfrich Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Solo exhibition)
An Encyclopaedia of the Tender, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
Life Paths - Rob Scholte and his class, Kunstverein Kassel, Germany

2017

Kunstwegen Pavilion, Anningahof Zwolle, Netherlands (Solo exhibition)
Art Market Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

2013

Velvet - Exhibition Element of Crime, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
Shots, Hands, Dough Cake, Michaela Helfrich Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Solo exhibition)

2012

The Prose of Events, ARD-Hauptstadtstudio, Berlin (Solo exhibition)

2011

Memory Mania (Artistic supporting programme), House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany (Solo exhibition)

2008

Utopia of Space, Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

2006

The Other Side, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Art, Live & Confusion (October Salon), Belgrade, Serbia

2000

My World Is Not Enough, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany